{"id":293356,"date":"2026-04-30T16:19:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T16:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/293356\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T16:19:06","slug":"woman-dead-after-suv-smashes-into-building-in-downtown-fresno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/293356\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman dead after SUV smashes into building in Downtown Fresno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A woman is dead after an SUV crashed into a building on Thursday morning in Downtown Fresno.<\/p>\n<p><p>Car smashes into building in Downtown Fresno (FOX26)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno Police Department says officers first responded to multiple calls around 7:20 a.m. for a single-vehicle crash into a building and a water leak near Venture and R Streets.<\/p>\n<p>When they arrived, they found one vehicle with its front end smashed into a building, with a 34-year-old female driver and 19-year-old female passenger inside.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/man-killed-after-being-caught-between-semi-truck-and-trailer-at-fresno-repair-yard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man killed after being caught between semi-truck and trailer at Fresno repair yard<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The driver was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p><p>Car smashes into building in Downtown Fresno (FOX26)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The passenger was taken to the hospital with complaints of pain.<\/p>\n<p>Initial investigations show that the vehicle was driving west on R Street when it crashed into Factory 41.<\/p>\n<p>The crash also caused a leak in a water line.<\/p>\n<p>Officers believe alcohol may be involved.<\/p>\n<p>The crash is still under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (2)<\/p>\n<p>Cesar Chavez Boulevard is closed from Topeka Avenue to Hazelwood Boulevard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A woman is dead after an SUV crashed into a building on Thursday morning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-293356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}